CYBERSHOKE have announced the signing of Alimzhan "Alkaren" Bitimbay on a loan from HEROIC, with a buyout clause attached to the deal.
The 19-year-old AWPer, who had signed with HEROIC in August of 2025 on a loan from Spirit Academy and is now contracted to the former, had been on the bench since the beginning of the year due to problems with his Schengen visa.
After HEROIC signed Antonio "MartinezSa" Martinez earlier in the off-season, it became clear that Alkaren would not be making his return to the team's roster, but clues to a future potential move to CYBERSHOKE were there.
The Kazakhstani AWPer, who will reunite with former Spirit Academy teammate Roman "Mokuj1n" Petrushenko, already stood in for CYBERSHOKE at NODWIN Clutch Series 7 in April, averaging a 1.08 rating over 14 maps played.
Now, the 19-year-old will have the whole season to prove his worth for CYBERSHOKE to trigger a buy option at the end of the year that could potentially make the transfer permanent.
CYBERSHOKE is now:
Aleksandr "glowiing" Matsievich Daniil "alpha" Demin David "bl1x1" Stepanyants Roman "Mokuj1n" Petrushenko Alimzhan "Alkaren" Bitimbay (loan)
Vladimir "pixel" Lukyanov
Roman 'Mokuj1n' Petrushenko
Alimzhan 'Alkaren' Bitimbay
CYBERSHOKE
Aleksandr 'glowiing' Matsievich
Daniil 'alpha' Demin
David 'bl1x1' Stepanyants
Roman 'Mokuj1n' Petrushenko
Vladimir 'pixel' Lukyanov
David 'bl1x1' Stepanyants
Aleksandr 'glowiing' Matsievich
HEROIC
Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Tim 'susp' Ångström
Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Spirit Academy
Vitaly 'VILBy' Zakharyuta
Volodymyr 'mazay' Iorhachov
Kirill 'Kiryasoo' Solovkov
Yury 'kidofpain' Sokal
Nikita 's1nside' Besedin
Vladislav 'Flash_1' Bykov
Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez
Vladimir 'pixel' Lukyanov
Daniil 'alpha' Demin